Faux ICE agent steals newborn

It is one of a parent’s worst nightmares: the kidnapping of their children. That was the case with a Nashville baby who was snatched from his mother’s care.

Yair Anthony Carillo was only four days old when he was kidnapped at the home of his mother- Maria Gurrolla. Gurrolla claimed that she was attacked by “a heavyset white woman with blonde hair” who pretended to act as an immigration agent. The fake official slashed Gurrolla after she initially refused to hand over the child though in the end Carillo was taken away from her.

Nashville police are said to have received leads by the hour after issuing an Amber Alert, while a "person of interest" has been located in New York State. Nonetheless, the incident has spooked the local community, especially the area’s immigrant populace:

Immigrants must be taught to trust U.S. law enforcement and criminals can take advantage of their fears of deportation or police, said Yuri Cunza, president of Nashville Area Hispanic Chamber of Commerce and publisher of La Noticia, a Spanish language newspaper in Nashville.

"I am really concerned about the possibility of newborn babies and Hispanic women can be targeted because of a level of vulnerability," Cunza said…

Cunza said that the suspect posing as an immigration officer will create a chilling effect for Hispanics who regularly interact with immigration authorities. "It is misrepresenting how the government works or behaves in this country," he said.

This week’s abduction occurs four years after another Latina mother was targeted in Nashville. A woman and her 3-year-old daughter where killed in a botched kidnapping plot by a lady deceiving them with false immigration assistance.

Image- AP (“This photo provided by the Nashville Police Department shows Yair Anthony Carillo of Nashville, Tenn.”)
Online Sources- AP, The Tennessean, newsday.com, Sacramento Bee